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| + | '''Alternative name: Red-crowned Parakeet; Red-fronted Parakeet (not to confuse with the two Pacific species [[Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae]] and [[Cyanoramphus saissetti]])''' | ||
;[[:Category:Pyrrhura|Pyrrhura]] roseifrons | ;[[:Category:Pyrrhura|Pyrrhura]] roseifrons | ||
| + | '''Includes: Wavy-breasted Parakeet''' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
22cm. Green, dark red belly, rump and tail-tip (tail all dark red from below), grey-scaled chest, grey legs and a white eyering. | 22cm. Green, dark red belly, rump and tail-tip (tail all dark red from below), grey-scaled chest, grey legs and a white eyering. | ||
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[[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]]. | [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Two subspecies accepted: | ||
| + | * ''P. r. roseifrons'' found discontinously in western Amazonia ([[Brazil]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]]) | ||
| + | * ''P. r. peruviana'' found discontinously in southeast [[Ecuador]] and north and south-central [[Peru]] - sometimes accepted as full species, Wavy-breasted Parakeet | ||
Sometimes treated as a subspecies of [[Painted Parakeet]]. | Sometimes treated as a subspecies of [[Painted Parakeet]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 24 January 2011
Alternative name: Red-crowned Parakeet; Red-fronted Parakeet (not to confuse with the two Pacific species Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae and Cyanoramphus saissetti)
- Pyrrhura roseifrons
Includes: Wavy-breasted Parakeet
Identification
22cm. Green, dark red belly, rump and tail-tip (tail all dark red from below), grey-scaled chest, grey legs and a white eyering.
Distribution
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies accepted:
- P. r. roseifrons found discontinously in western Amazonia (Brazil, Peru and Bolivia)
- P. r. peruviana found discontinously in southeast Ecuador and north and south-central Peru - sometimes accepted as full species, Wavy-breasted Parakeet
Sometimes treated as a subspecies of Painted Parakeet.
Habitat
Humid lowland forest.
Behaviour
Its diet includes fruits, seeds and flowers.
The nest is placed in a tree cavity.
